Systems genetics for mechanistic discovery in heart diseases

CD Rau, AJ Lusis, Y Wang - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Complex diseases with
highly heterogenous disease progression among patient populations, cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive evaluation of computational tools to identify differential methylation regions using RRBS data

Y Liu, Y Han, L Zhou, X Pan, X Sun, Y Liu, M Liang… - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA methylation plays a vital role in transcription regulation. Reduced representation
bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) is becoming common for analyzing genome-wide methylation …

[HTML][HTML] IMAGE: high-powered detection of genetic effects on DNA methylation using integrated methylation QTL mapping and allele-specific analysis

Y Fan, TP Vilgalys, S Sun, Q Peng, J Tung, X Zhou - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Identifying genetic variants that are associated with methylation variation—an analysis
commonly referred to as methylation quantitative trait locus (mQTL) mapping—is important …

[HTML][HTML] Status of hepatic DNA methylome predetermines and modulates the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver injury in mice

VP Tryndyak, T Han, JC Fuscoe, SA Ross, FA Beland… - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major health problem and a
leading cause of chronic liver disease in the United States and Western countries. In …

[HTML][HTML] DNA Methylation Patterns According to Fatty Liver Index and Longitudinal Changes from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)

YK Ko, H Kim, Y Lee, YS Lee, JA Gim - Current Issues in Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The role of differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) is unclear. This study aimed to identify the role of DMR in NAFLD development and …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin variation associated with liver metabolism is mediated by transposable elements

J Du, A Leung, C Trac, M Lee, BW Parks, AJ Lusis… - Epigenetics & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Functional regulatory regions in eukaryotic genomes are characterized by the
disruption of nucleosomes leading to accessible chromatin. The modulation of chromatin …

The genetics of variation of the wave 1 amplitude of the mouse auditory brainstem response

EC Boussaty, D Gillard, J Lavinsky, P Salehi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Springer
This is the first genome-wide association study with the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel
(HDMP) to define the genetic landscape of the variation in the suprathreshold wave 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian non-CG methylations are conserved and cell-type specific and may have been involved in the evolution of transposon elements

W Guo, MQ Zhang, H Wu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Although non-CG methylations are abundant in several mammalian cell types, their
biological significance is sparsely characterized. We gathered 51 human and mouse DNA …

Non-coding genome functions in diabetes

I Cebola, L Pasquali - Journal of molecular endocrinology, 2016 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Most of the genetic variation associated with diabetes, through genome-wide association
studies, does not reside in protein-coding regions, making the identification of functional …

Invited review: Measurable biomarkers linked to meat quality from different pig production systems

MFW Te Pas, B Lebret, N Oksbjerg - Archives Animal Breeding, 2017 - aab.copernicus.org
Biological processes underlie all livestock traits, including post-mortem meat quality traits.
Biomarkers are molecular components of the biological processes showing differential …